Tag: vintage

Here’s a great tip when it comes to gift shopping for your loved ones: estate sales. With a little luck and a bit of planning, you can find all kinds of great deals in one place—a good estate sale is the ultimate in thrifty one-stop shopping.

Mother’s Day is coming up in May, so how about showing mom how much you appreciate her by gifting her with a something unique? How about a lovely porcelain bowl, Fenton glass, or a vintage brooch? Looking for presents for the men in your life? Think power tools, antique appliances, or baseball cards.

Some finds need to be fixed up and shown a little love, so if DIY is your thing, get ready to dive in with tools and paint! Not into getting your hands dirty? That’s alright, many items at estate sales have been gently used.

Whatever you end up going home with will be personalized and unique, not something from a big box store. And just think, not only are you helping your bottom line, but the planet as well, by re-using and recycling!

We are in Garfield this week, from May 3 to 5! Click here for the hours, address information, and additional details. Our basement-to-attic sale features antique furniture, kitchen items, tools, books, vintage appliances, milk glassware, army uniforms, and much more. Join us!

Come join us at our estate sale in Montclair, running April 12 to 15. Click here for our hours, address information, and to get a preview of our items. We are selling everything from contemporary, antique and garden furniture, to books, tools, mirrors, rugs, tribal baskets, prints and more. Hope to see you there!

In an age of planned obsolescence, all electronics eventually die or get replaced. So what to do with with those no-longer-useful gadgets? Recycling is a great idea, but up-cycling is even better. How about turning an old floor radio into a mini bar or an old TV set into a funky book shelf? Vintage typewriters, phones, record players and cameras add an element of the retro and unexpected to your home. For more ideas and inspiration, take a look at some of these boards on Pinterest.

Styled vintage suitcases have been popping up in decor magazines and chic storefronts for a while now, and it’s easy to see the appeal. Well-worn and traveled luggage conjures up all sorts of images in the mind–exotic locales, romance…adventure. The great thing about these popular pieces is that they are still fairly easy to find at estate sales, and that they offer all sorts of decorating possibilities for your home. They can be stacked in corners and simply used as storage or they can be painted and re-purposed into coffee tables, nightstands, and even medicine cabinets. For more ideas, see the DIY video above.

We’ve been having a lot of fun this week putting together an estate sale in Bogota, New Jersey. The sale starts tomorrow, March 1st, and ends this Sunday, March 4th. Click here for the hours, address information and more details. The sale features four floors of antique furniture (Victorian to Depression era), plants, prints, oil paintings, rugs, Star Wars toys, vintage radios, China figurines, Wedgwood pieces, cast iron toys, and so much more. Check out some of our pictures below. Hope to see you there!